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Association of Penicillin-tolerant Streptococci with Epidemics of Streptococcal Pharyngitis in Closed Communities

Overview
Journal Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis
Publisher Springer
Specialties Infectious Diseases
Microbiology
Date 1989 Jul 1
PMID 2506025
Citations 5
Authors
R Dagan
M Ferne
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Abstract

The association of penicillin-tolerant streptococci with reported epidemics of streptococcal pharyngitis in Israel was studied. The streptococcal strains had been isolated during 11 epidemics of community-acquired pharyngitis and 6 food-borne epidemics of pharyngitis occurring in the last 15 years. Strains were stocked lyophilized. Isolates were defined as tolerant if the MBC/MIC ratio for penicillin was greater than or equal to 32. All 122 group A streptococcal strains isolated during the epidemics of community-acquired infection showed tolerance to penicillin. In contrast, none of the 52 strains from food-borne epidemics (24 group A, 18 group C and 8 group G) was tolerant.

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